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November 2018 Community News

• Park restoration work party at The Bluffs Park
• Washington County Forum
• Cultured Farmers: Fire Cider - Make & Take Class
• WCM Free Family Morning
• Keep our streams clean and your drains running—Decrease the Grease!
• A Glimpse into History
• Viva Village November 2018 Events
• "Invasion of Insects of Concern"
• Put a Lid on Cooking Fires
• Green Bag Workshop Series
• A New Choir, Looking for New Members
• Paint Nite Fundraiser
• Choirs present Benefit for Immigrants and Refugees
• Experience Music Series: Tim Connell and Eric Skye
• Jazz & Chamber Music Concert
• Chestnut Tree Dedication Ceremony at Sato Elementary School
• Fill Your Pantry!
• Tualatin Valley Water District News
• Veterans Day ceremony to commemorate Vietnam era veterans
• Community members invited to apply for THPRD Budget Committee

Park restoration work party at The Bluffs Park

Saturday, November 10, 12048 NW Blackhawk Dr.

Come join us as we cut, pull, dig, and plant to improve the park district’s natural areas!

Learn more and register online: thprd.org/activities/nature/volunteer/habitat-trails-gardening-projects

Washington County Forum

Mondays, September-June, opens at 11:30, programs begin at noon, Coyote Bar & Grill, 5301 W Baseline Rd, free

New location! The forum meets every Monday (except holidays). Lunch is available to order from the menu. Following the speaker, Forum members may ask questions.

November 19

Dr. James Moore from Pacific University will be discussing: What really happened in the election?

November 26

TBA

December 3

Rev. John Shuck, Pastor (Southminster Presbyterian Church): Discovering PEACE in Iraq.

December 10

Sharri Anderson, Group Lead for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense & students too! Guns, kids, attitudes and activism

We hope to have the rest of the 2018 schedule confirmed soon (our last meeting this year will be December 17, and we’ll be back January 7).

Cultured Farmers: Fire Cider - Make & Take Class

Sunday, November 11, 12:30-2:30 pm, Leedy Grange Hall, 835 NW Saltzman

Learn how to make fire cider from Lori Nye, a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She will also teach about its health benefits and history. This fiery concoction has been revered for generations as a simple and effective remedy to relieve sinus congestion, ward off colds and flus, aid digestion, and increase circulation. Fire cider can be sipped neat on its own, mixed with other beverages, or used in cooking. Please bring cutting board, knife, and a quart jar. All ingredients will be provided from local organic farms.

Preregistration is required.

WCM Free Family Morning

Saturday, November 10, 10 am-1 pm, Washington County Museum, 17677 NW Springville Rd., free

This month at Washington County Museum’s Free Family Morning event, workshop participants will produce their very own sculptures in air-dry clay. The two-person artist team, Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen, have made imagined museum-style labels based on the stories featured in our AgriCulture exhibit to serve as inspiration for the sculptors. The artists will help participants of all skill levels to learn the basic hand-building and painting methods needed to make a colorful sculpture.

Anna and Ryan created this unique family activity specifically to compliment the AgriCulture exhibit, saying they “let what we hear and read in the exhibit determine the details and logistics of how the project comes together.” The workshop they have created will let visitors of all ages show their own impressions and personal connections to the history of agriculture in the Tualatin Valley while also learning new creative skills. Come create new meaning for historic museum artifacts through this playful, hands-on workshop!

The Free Family Mornings series is generously supported by the Oregon International Air Show, with additional support from Beaverton Rotary.

Increased hours!

The Washington County Museum on the Portland Community College Rock Creek campus is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm.

For over 50 years, the Washington County Museum has provided community members and visitors an opportunity to experience and understand the richness of local history, heritage and culture. For admission, memberships, events and more: visit www.washingtoncountymuseum.org, email at info@washingtoncountymuseum.org, or call 503-645-5353.

Keep our streams clean and your drains running—Decrease the Grease!

Holidays can bring extra guests, extra food—and extra cleanup. Save time and money with a Freeze the Grease, Save the Drain kit from Clean Water Services. Call 503.681.3678 to get your free kit. The pan scraper, lid and simple instructions make cleanup easy and can save you a pain in the drain this holiday season.

http://cleanwaterservices.org/grease

Curb Leaf-Clogged Storm Drains

Falling leaves mixed with heavy rain can wreak havoc at your home and in your neighborhood. Instead of sending leaves, grass clippings and pine needles into the street, bring them to a free drop-off event November 17 or December 1, from 8 am-4 pm, at Aloha High School and The Home Depot on NW Science Park Drive. Find more great rain-ready tips for your home on our website.

A Glimpse into History

Tuesday, November 13, 7 pm, Elsie Stuhr Senior Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., $3 donation suggested

Join the Beaverton Historical Society in listening as award-winning author Michael McCloskey presents his new book, A Glimpse into History. McCloskey’s book is a winner of top awards from the Great Northwest Book Festival and the Independent Booksellers Association. It features the words of over ninety figures who transformed Oregon into the premier “green” state. They shaped the culture that saw value in nature and triggered demands for policies to protect it. Through their inspiring words, their presence is still felt.

“Longtime Sierra Club executive Michael McCloskey—one of the most eloquent and forceful advocates for the environment in the 20th century—has found not just a new voice but many voices, none of them new,” says Chet Orloff, emeritus director Oregon Historical Society

Earning degrees at Harvard (B.A.) and from the University of Oregon (J.D.), McCloskey led the Sierra Club as executive director and chairman during pivotal phases of getting framework laws enacted nationally to protect the environment. After a forty-year career with the Sierra Club, he chaired Portland’s Heritage Trees program for eight years. He still lives in Portland and recently authored the award-winning Conserving Oregon’s Environment: Breakthroughs That Made History and Oregon: A State that Stands Out.

Viva Village November 2018 Events

For information, to RSVP, or to register where indicated, contact www.vivavillageevents.org or 503-746-5082. To see a complete list of November events, go to www.vivavilllage.org; click on Calendar.

The following events are open to the public.

Nature Walk

Saturday, November 3, 9:30 am, Commonwealth Lake

Meet corner of Dellwood and Foothill Drive, Beaverton.

Women’s Coffee.

Tuesday, November 6 and 20, 10 am, Solace and Fine Espresso, 4655 SW Griffith Dr. #160, Beaverton.

Village 101 Presentation

Saturday, November 10, 10 - 11:30 am, Elsie Stuhr Center, Cedar Room, 5550 SW Hall Blvd. Beaverton.

Information for prospective members and/or volunteers.

Dine Around Beaverton and Beyond

Wednesday, November 14, 1 pm, McCormickFish House, 9945 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. Beaverton. RSVP recommended.

Thursday Night Social

Thursday, November 15, 6 pm. La Hacienda Real, Authentic Mexican Restaurant, 12025 SW Canyon Road, Beaverton. RSVP.

Northwest Senior Theater

Friday, November 16, 2 pm. Alpenrose Theater, 6149 SW Shattuck Rd., Portland, $5

Presentation of T’was the Daze4 Before Christmas, Meet in lobby prior to performance.

Men’s Coffee Break

Tuesday, November 27,10 - 11 am. Solace and Fine Espresso, 4655 SW Griffith Dr. #160, Beaverton 97005.

Village Bookclub

Tuesday, November 27, 6 - 8 pm. Private home in West Beaverton.

Fatal Grace by Louise Penny & The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. RSVP for address.

These events are open to members and volunteers:

Life Stories

Tuesday, November 13, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Private home in the Vose Neighborhood

Listen to and share life stories. Get to know fellow Viva Village members and volunteers. RSVP to register and get the address.

Viva Colorista

Thursday, November 8, 1 - 2:30 pm, 4905 SW Griffith Dr. #104, Beaverton. RSVP.

Quilters and Knitters Interest Group

Friday, November 9, 10 am. Solace and Fine Espresso, 4655 SW Griffith Dr. #160, Beaverton.

"Invasion of Insects of Concern"

Wednesday, November 28, 7 pm, Skyline Grange, 11275 NW Skyline Boulevard, free

It is fall, and many of your homes again have been invaded by thousands of native box elder beetles and non-native brown marmorated stink bugs as they seek a warm place to overwinter. Learn more about these insects and several others of concerns.

Chris Hedstrom, entomologist from Oregon Department of Agriculture, will speak. In addition to the harmless, but extremely annoying Box elder beetle, his presentation will highlight Japanese Beetles, Asian Gypsy Moths, Azalea Lace Bugs, and the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB). These four insects have become a threat locally to beloved native and ornamental plants, fruits, and berries, and to Oregon agricultural production as a whole. (Note: Restrooms are accessible only by stairs.)

Put a Lid on Cooking Fires

Cooking is one of the leading causes of home fires and fire injuries. Last year, approximately one-third of the residential fires that Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responded to, began in a kitchen.

TVF&R crews encourage you to minimize your risk of a fire by organizing a safe kitchen and practicing these safe cooking tips:

Always keep a watchful eye on what you are cooking.

Keep your cooking area clean, including the stovetop, oven, and exhaust fan.

Keep dishtowels and pot holders away from the burners on your stove.

Watch your sleeves to prevent them from catching fire or getting caught on panhandles.

Heat oil slowly and watch it closely.

Keep a fire extinguisher in your kitchen. Store it in an easy-to-reach location and know how to use it.

The easiest way to extinguish a small pan fire is with a pan lid. Turn off the burner and carefully slide a pan lid over the pan from the side. The lid will “smother” the fire while turning off the burner removes the heat. Do not move the pan until the fire is completely extinguished and the pan is cool. If you do not have a pan lid, you may also use a baking sheet or pizza pan.

Never transfer a burning pan from the stovetop to the sink or out an exterior door. The fire may grow in size and burn you or spread to a countertop, cabinets, or curtains.

Never pour water on a grease fire. Water causes these fires to explode as the burning material stays on top of the water, causing it to spread and putting you at severe risk of getting burned.

If the fire is large and/or continues to grow, do not attempt to extinguish it. Quickly get everyone outside and immediately call 911 from a cell phone or neighbor’s house.

For additional safety tips, visit www.tvfr.com.

Green Bag Workshop Series

First Thursdays, 12:10 pm-12:50 pm in the Public Services Building, 155 N 1st Ave, Room 390, Hillsboro

Bring your lunch and join us for these Green Bag Lunch Series workshops! Co-hosted by Washington County and the City of Hillsboro.

November 8

Trim Your Waists/Wastes: Holiday Waste & Nutrition Tips

How to use food waste prevention strategies for a healthy, happy holiday season. with Richard Lau, Sr. Public Health Nutritionist.

December 6

ReUse Crafts: Home & Holiday Décor

Hands-on workshop addressing reuse in décor. Projects may include mini-wreath making, used jar menorahs, kinaras or Chinese lanterns, and fall leaf or wrapping paper confetti for New Year’s Eve.

Minimum RSVP of 15 people for each Green Bag required; events rescheduled if minimum not reached seven days before class. For More Information: Jennifer Nelson, Washington County Sustainability Education Coordinator, (503) 846-8825, sustainability@co.washington.or.us

A New Choir, Looking for New Members

Open House November 14, 7 pm, First Church of the Nazarene, 6100 SW Raab Rd, Portland

Last June, Portland Community College Rock Creek Community Choir was disbanded due to administrative changes in the overall music program, leaving a number of dedicated singers without a “choral home.” Undeterred, a number of them decided to re-invent themselves as a new, independent choir called Cantata Pacifica, and they are looking for new members.

Singing experience: Extensive chorus experience not needed, but the ability to match pitch is required.

Repertoire: choral chamber music, from madrigals to contemporary part songs. Artistic director is Pollyanna Moody; Accompanist is Kathryn Work.

Rehearsal schedule: Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm at First Church of the Nazarene, 6100 SW Raab Road, Portland OR 97221, just off Highway 26 at Sylvan exit.

They are holding an open house (including a bit of singing, of course) for potential new members and anyone who would like to learn more. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please encourage them to come and find out more. This is a great opportunity for people who love to sing, and are searching for the right “fit” of location, schedule and singing experience.

Everyone is welcome just to turn up on the night. Or, for more information, e-mail: cantatapacifica@gmail.com.

Paint Nite Fundraiser

Sunday, November 18, 5 pm, Bethany Public House, 4840 NW Bethany Rd.

Join a great group of individuals at Paint Nite to benefit bringing GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center to Portland. Sign up at gigisplayhouse.org/portland/paint-nite/

The Start-Up team at GiGi’s Playhouse of Portland is building capital funds to bring a center that will be home to empowering individuals with Down Syndrome, their families, and the community with a positive message of hope, awareness, and acceptance. GiGi’s Playhouses are the only international centers that provide free educational and therapeutic programs to individuals with Down Syndrome and their families. With the help of our Greater Portland community, we can open our doors in 2019.

Choirs present Benefit for Immigrants and Refugees

Saturday, November 17, 7:30 pm, St. Matthew Catholic Church, 475 SE 3rd Ave., Hillsboro

The Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus music program will present Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, a piece for voices and strings, in a concert benefitting Portland-based IRCO (Immigrant Refugee and Community Organization). The concert will feature the PCC Rock Creek choirs and the Pacific University Chamber Singers. Dr. Samuel Barbara, Director of choral and vocal studies at PCC Rock Creek, will conduct. A donation of $10 is appreciated.

To the Hands begins inside the 17th century sound of Dietrich Buxtehude, who’s Membra Jesu Nostri is the inspiration for this piece. The piece gradually presents the suffering of those around the world seeking refuge, and of our role and responsibility in these global and local crises. The sixth and final movement unfolds the tumbling and comforting promise of “ever ever”—“ever ever will I hold you, ever ever will I enfold you.” They could be the words of Christ, or of a parent or friend or lover, or even of a nation.

For more information about the concert, please contact Samuel Barbara at Samuel.barbara@pcc.edu, 971-722-7867, or view the music program’s website page or Facebook page.

Experience Music Series: Tim Connell and Eric Skye

Tuesday, November 13, 7:30-9 pm, Forum, Building 3, Rock Creek PCC campus, 17705 NW Springville

The Portland Community College Rock Creek music program presents virtuoso musicians Tim Connell and Eric Skye.

Tim Connell is recognized as “a world-class mandolinist” by Mandolin magazine and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. He regularly tours Europe and North America and is also a member of the acclaimed Portland groups Stumptown Swing and Rio Con Brio.

Often billed as an acoustic jazz guitarist, Eric Skye actually occupies a unique niche between Americana, jazz, and blues. Their latest release, June Apple, is a unique and unexpected take on traditional American fiddle tunes arranged for mandolin and guitar.

See Tim and Eric here: youtube.com/watch?v=8AlPOVgQ5JM.

Admission is a donation at the door. Parking is $2. For more information about the series, please contact Anthony Catalan at anthony.catalan@pcc.edu, 971-722-7866.

Jazz & Chamber Music Concert

Tuesday, December 4, 7-9 pm, Forum Theater, Room 114, Building 3, at 17705 NW Springville Rd.

This concert is intended to raise awareness of PCC Rock Creek’s music program. In addition to community members, students in the ensembles represent a broad range of majors including performance, theory, piano, instrumental, and vocal majors. The college also offers many classes that are open to the public regardless of previous experience in music.

Parking is $2 (permits are available at parking machines) and donations to support the music program are appreciated.

For more information about this concert, please contact Jason Palmer at jason.palmer@pcc.edu or call 971-722-7869, or view the music department’s events page.

Chestnut Tree Dedication Ceremony at Sato Elementary School

Thursday, November 15, 1 pm, Sato Elementary School, 7775 NW Kaiser Rd.

Sato Elementary School will hold a Tree Dedication Ceremony commemorating the family, Shin Sato, and the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Students, staff, community members and honored guests will gather in front of the school to dedicate the tree and plaque. The ceremony will feature a Color Guard and presentation of the flag to the family and students will participate in a pebble ceremony. The Sato family has donated a chestnut tree and a bronze plaque.

The Sato family originated from Nagasaki, Japan. After moving from Washington State to the Bethany area of Washington County, Oregon, Yoshinosuke and Asano Sato operated a small farm while raising their family: Shin, Roy and Marie. They were highly respected members of Bethany Presbyterian Church for many decades. Their berry and vegetable farm provided popular summer jobs for many children in the area. Tragically, the Japanese naval attack on US bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, changed the Sato’s American dream in December 1941.

Following internment, the Sato’s returned to their Bethany home, farm, and church. Their family cemetery plot lies just southeast across Kaiser Road in the Bethany Presbyterian Cemetery. To honor them, their story of love, devotion, and sacrifice must be remembered and passed on to all Americans.

Shin Sato, eldest son of the Satos, was part of the Japanese 442 regiment combat team of the United States Army during World War II - as was his brother Roy, who was injured twice. Shin, who went to Bethany School, Beaverton High School, and Pacific University, was killed in action in 1944. His remains were returned for burial in Bethany Presbyterian Cemetery in 1949.

For more information, please contact Annie Pleau at 503-356-2530.

Fill Your Pantry!

December 9, 11 am-3 pm, Faubion Elementary, 2930 NE Dekum St., Portland

Does your favorite neighborhood farmers market close for the winter months? Have you recently torn out your tomatoes and put your garden to bed? Do you love winter squash? There's something for everyone at one of Oregon's many "Fill Your Pantry" winter stock-up markets.

Fill Your Pantry events help connect farmers and eaters, while encouraging bulk purchasing of locally grown staple and storage crops. Shoppers can eat local all winter by purchasing grains, beans, flours, preserves, winter squash, root vegetables, pears, apples, honey, pasture-raised meats, and more directly from local farmers and ranchers.

Producers will include some of Friends of Family Farmers’ Oregon Pasture Network members and beginning farmers who have found land through our Oregon Farm Link program. Online pre-orders begin on November 8th, but order early as some items will sell out. For more details, click here. At last year's event, more than 400 shoppers participated, generating over $60,000 in sales for local producers—a significant impact for a single day event!

Tualatin Valley Water District News

Tualatin Valley Water District’s new water rates went into effect November 1. For the typical residential customer using 7 CCF per month (1 CCF = 100 cubic feet or 748 gallons), water bills will increase about $6.22 per month (or $12.44 over a bi-monthly billing period). Each customer's bill is based on use and vary by meter/service size and volume of water consumed.

Please note this applies only to your drinking water service. Clean Water Services is responsible for sewer and surface water management fees and is a separate agency with a separate governing board. TVWD and Clean Water Services combine bills to help save money for customers by sharing in the cost of issuing bills.

Visit www.tvwd.org/rates or call (503) 848-3000 for more information. A video of the open house presentation is available online at www.tvwd.org/OpenHouse.

Be prepared for freezing weather

With the onset of winter, it’s important to be ready for the unexpected. Being prepared can make all the difference when you only have moments to react. Before the onset of freezing weather, we encourage you (and everyone else in your household) to:

Know how to shut off your water in an emergency (www.tvwd.org/shutoff).

Know how to keep your water pipes from freezing, and what to do if your pipes do freeze (www.tvwd.org/cold).

Have emergency supplies in place at home, work, and in the car (www.tvwd.org/preparedness).

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Nextdoor and Flash Alerts for the latest information about your water service.

Tualatin Valley Water District’s award-winning Game of Seasons video (www.tvwd.org/GoS) has excellent tips on preparing for winter. For more information about preparing your home for cold weather, visit www.tvwd.org/cold or call (503) 848-3000.

Veterans Day ceremony to commemorate Vietnam era veterans

Sunday, November 11, 11 am-noon, Washington County Veterans Memorial, NE Veterans Drive and NE 34th Avenue, Hillsboro. Parking is available at the TriMet Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport stop, rain or shine.

The public is invited to Washington County's annual Veterans Day ceremony. This year’s event includes a commemoration for the service, valor and sacrifice of Vietnam era veterans, who will be presented with Vietnam Veteran lapel pins. The pins are provided in partnership with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration and are a token of the nation’s appreciation for these important heroes.

Brigadier General William J. Prendergast, Land Component Commander for the Oregon National Guard, will be the keynote speaker, and Dale Pack, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2666, will host the event. Local Glencoe High School freshman Halle Butler will sing the national anthem.

Community members invited to apply for THPRD Budget Committee

Application deadline: Friday, November 16

The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District is encouraging community members to apply for openings on the district’s Budget Committee. The Budget Committee is responsible for providing public oversight of budget preparations, recommending changes to the proposed budget, and supplying information to the public about district business and operations.

Public members of all backgrounds and experience levels are encouraged to apply. The public positions are critical to represent the broad perspectives of district patrons. The Committee generally meets three times a year during weekday evening meetings.

The 10-member committee includes all five THPRD board members and five public members. Applicants must reside within park district boundaries. Applications will be reviewed, and appointments made by the THPRD Board of Directors. Terms will begin in January 2019.

Applications are available at the park district’s Administration Office, 15707 SW Walker Road, Beaverton, or online at www.thprd.org. For more information, call Jessica Collins, executive assistant, at 503-645-6433 or send an email to jcollins@thprd.org.

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